Three arrested in Bolingbrook heroin bust

Three men were arrested Thursday in Bolingbrook during an alleged drug deal involving nearly seven pounds of heroin that was bound for Chicagoland streets, according to police.

Officers with the Joliet Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad had been watching 25-year-old Uriel A. Quintana for a few weeks after they received information that he had been transporting heroin into Will County, according to Joliet MAPS director Mike Weber.

Police followed Quintana, a Lindenhurst resident, to Bolingbrook's Promenade shopping center just before 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Weber.

Quintana walked from his vehicle to a Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck and then emerged carrying a large thermos, Weber said.

Police approached Quintana and he ran but was quickly apprehended, according to Weber.

About 6.6 pounds of heroin was packed into the thermos, Weber said.

Joliet residents Jesus M. Rodriguez, 35, and Santiago Diaz, 39, the men in the Avalanche who allegedly sold the drugs to Quintana, also were arrested, Weber said.

The three men were each charged with felony manufacturing and distribution of more than 900 grams of heroin, according to the Will County sheriff's office.

They were each ordered held on $4 million bail, according to the sheriff's office.